Teacher learning in difficult times: Examining foreign language teachers' cognitions about online teaching to tide over COVID-19

LX Gao, LJ Zhang - Frontiers in psychology, 2020 - frontiersin.org
The sudden global outbreak of COVID-19 in late 2019 has led to thriving online teaching,
including the teaching of languages, across the world. As the online teaching of English-as …

Mapping research on second language writing teachers: A review on teacher cognition, practices, and expertise

Y Zheng, S Yu, C Liu, L Jiang - System, 2022 - Elsevier
The increasing scholarly attention on L2 writing teachers necessitates a review of the
studies targeting L2 writing teachers to provide a comprehensive mapping of the field. This …

Reflections on the pedagogical imports of western practices for professionalizing ESL/EFL writing and writing-teacher education

LJ Zhang - Australian Review of Applied Linguistics, 2016 - jbe-platform.com
The teaching of writing in English as a second/foreign language (ESL/EFL) has been a
challenging task for many teachers due to its multifaceted nature. This paper is a reflection …

Developing translator competence: understanding trainers' beliefs and training practices

D Wu, LJ Zhang, L Wei - The Interpreter and Translator Trainer, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
Translator trainers are faced with the challenges of helping translator trainees develop
translator competence that meets the needs of the current language services industry …

K-12 ESL writing instruction: A review of research on pedagogical challenges and strategies

S Bhowmik, M Kim - Language and Literacy, 2021 - erudit.org
Writing is an important early literacy skill for English as a Second Language (ESL) students'
academic success, underlining the importance of effective ESL writing instruction at the K-12 …

Mining and visualizing large-scale course reviews of LMOOCs learners through structural topic model

L Yang - Plos one, 2023 - journals.plos.org
Understanding Language Massive Online Open Courses (LMOOCs) learners' subjective
evaluation is essential for language teachers to improve their instructional design, examine …

Five portraits of teachers' experiences teaching writing: Negotiating knowledge, student need, and policy

JM Wahleithner - Teachers College Record, 2018 - journals.sagepub.com
Background Numerous reports have highlighted problems with writing instruction in
American schools, yet few examine the interplay of teachers' preparation to teach writing, the …

Supportive primary teacher beliefs towards multilingualism through teacher training and professional practice

S Pohlmann-Rother, SD Lange, L Zapfe… - Language and …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Teaching multilingual learning groups is an important part of the professional activity of
primary teachers in Germany, placing high demands on their occupational professionalism …

Virtual exchange in teacher education: focus on L2 writing

SM Hilliker, Ö Yol - ELT Journal, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Virtual exchange, as a global social practice, provides language teacher candidates with
opportunities to connect their global peers and language learners. Integrated into teacher …

Systemic functional grammar in the K–12 classroom

MJ Schleppegrell - Handbook of research in second language …, 2016 - taylorfrancis.com
This chapter describes an approach to bringing explicit attention to language in kindergarten
to year 12 (K–12) classrooms by focusing on grammar as a resource for meaning-making. It …